[Chronic infection of cells with tick-borne encephalitis virus. Additional characteristics of the provirus]

The paper presents additional characteristics of HEp-2 cells cronically infested with tick-borne encephalitis virus, Sofyin strain (Hep-2-Sof). On the basis of the inhibition analysis, the method of molecular hybridization, and transfection, HEp-2-Sof cells were shown to contain dozens of DNA-transcripts of tick-borne encephalitis virus integrated into nucleoplasm DNA and into the fraction of repeated sequences. Their transcription is mediated by a polymerase sensitive to L-amanitine.